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GDAE releases new textbooks
The Fourth Edition of Microeconomics in Context is now available. View information on the text, including sample chapters, and order a free exam copy.
The Third Edition of Macroeconomics in Context is now available. View information on the text, including four sample chapters, and order a free exam copy.
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Agriculture
Researching the economic impacts of food and land policy. Read more about the program or specific topics:
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Globalization
Research supporting sustainable economic integration. Read more about the program or specific topics:
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Land, Energy, and Climate
Studying advances in renewable energy and issues in land use.
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Leontief Prize
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Mariana Mazzucato and Branko Milanovic received the 2018 Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought on April 17. Learn about the 2018 winners.
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Industrial Policy 4.0:
Promoting Transformation in the Digital Economy
Padmashree Gehl Sampath, December 2018
This paper looks at the changing industry and innovation landscape in the context of the digital economy and makes recommendations for a new framework on industrial policy (industrial policy 4.0) to promote transformation and structural change in developing countries.
- UN Backs Seed Sovereignty in Landmark Peasants’ Rights Declaration
Timothy A. Wise, December 2018
In an article published by Food Tank, Wise writes about the UN passing a pathbreaking Peasants' Rights Declaration that recognizes the sovereign right to save and exchange seeds. The declaration formally extends human rights protections to farmers whose “seed sovereignty” is threatened by government and corporate practices. See Wise's other recent articles.
- Economics for Humans, Second Edition
Julie A. Nelson, December 2018
This second edition has been updated throughout, with expanded discussions of many topics and a new chapter that investigates the apparent conflict between economic well-being and ecological sustainability. Further developing the main points of the first edition, this book inspire readers to reshape the way they view the economy, its possibilities, and their place within it. Order the book via University of Chicago Press.
- Do Trade and Investment (Agreements) Foster
Development or Inequality?
Pierre Kohler and Francis Cripps, October 2018
This working paper revisits the debate on trade and investment agreements (TIAs), development and inequality, looking at the role of Global Value Chains (GVCs) and trans-national corporations (TNCs). Learn more about this work and the Modeling Policy Reform program.
- Financialization, Trade, and Investment Agreements
Alex Izurieta, Pierre Kohler, and Juan Pizarro, September 2018
This working paper assesses the effects of trade and investment agreements on income distribution and government policy. The critical process underpinning these effects is the rise of ‘financialization’. Global patterns of greater financialization and of worsening functional income distribution as well as tighter fiscal stances are identified in the data. Learn more about this work and the Modeling Policy Reform program.
- Ecological Repair: A Hope for the Human Economies
Neva Goodwin, August 2018
Dr. Goodwin's article in Opinion Sur examines the imbalance among the three major spheres of human economic activity and provides thoughts on what will be needed to better align them all toward human well-being and ecological health. This article has been translated into Spanish and Portuguese. For related reading, see " There is more than one economy" by Dr. Goodwin.
- Scientist Diplomats or Diplomat Scientists: Who Makes Science Diplomacy Effective?
William R. Moomaw, April 2018
Successful science-based policies build upon the pillar of sound science, while meeting the needs of diverse societies in an economically and politically feasible manner. In this journal article, Dr. Moomaw examines how scientists and diplomats interact most productively to achieve a successful outcome. See related publications on sustainable development diplomacy.
- Macroeconomics in Context: A European Perspective
Dr. Sebastian Dullien, et. al., Aug 2017
This addition to the bestselling "In Context" series includes a specific focus on European data, institutions and historical events. Learn more and request instructor resources here.
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Environmental and Natural Resource Economics: A Contemporary Approach
Dr. Jonathan M. Harris and Dr. Brian Roach, Aug 2017
This text introduces students to the expanding fields of environmental and ecological economics.
See new supplements on "Decarbonizing the Global Economy" and
"Scientists’ Warning on Global Ecosystems." Request instructor resources here.
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